On November 11, at midnight, the south gate of the East Palace of Taiji Palace was opened.Dozens of merchants and hundreds of businessmen who participated in the investment promotion conference entered the East Palace through the side gate of Jiafu Gate, holding the name card of the investment promotion association issued by the imperial court.Most of the businessmen who participated in the bidding were from the various lords of the Tang Dynasty and the families of the nobles of the court.Although the gate lords and officials are also in business, they will not come out in person, and they will find some distant branches of the family or servants to take their names.After all, nowadays businessmen are still a profession that is despised by the world.Being able to enter the imperial palace of the Tang Dynasty was unprecedented for those merchants.They were very excited, but they were cautious, for fear that their careless words and deeds would desecrate the solemn place of the palace.Under the leadership of the ceremonial officer, the merchants lined up through the Chongming Gate and the Xiande Gate and entered the Xiande Palace.In the Hall of Virtue, the venue has already been arranged.Under the imperial stairs in front of the main hall, a set of tables and chairs is placed in the center, and there are several sets of tables and chairs on the left and right sides.Facing the imperial staircase, nearly a hundred chairs were placed on the left and right, and these chairs were for the merchants attending the meeting.On the back of each chair, the name of the person is also pasted with red paper.The layout of the venue is simple.Originally, Zhao Yunze still wanted to hang red banners and colorful silk and other decorations, but other officials who were preparing for the investment promotion association with him objected, thinking that the solemnity of the Xiande Hall was not suitable for these messy things, and Zhao Yunze had no choice but to give up.Under the command of the ceremonial officer, the merchants present at the meeting each looked for their own chairs to sit in.Soon after the merchants took their seats, several Tang officials walked into the door of the Xiande Palace.The first person is Honglu Siqing and Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng.Behind Li Daozong, he was followed by Zhao Yunze and three court officials.Li Daozong is the host of today's bidding meeting, and Zhao Yunze and the three court officials are the specific responsible persons.Originally, Li Shimin still wanted to come to the Xiande Hall in person to join in the fun.However, Zhao Yunze persuaded him that you should stop stimulating those officials who discriminate against businessmen, it is not easy to get them to agree to let businessmen enter the Xiande Palace, and if you meet with businessmen in person, I am afraid that it will cause a backlash from the officials of the DPRK and China.Besides, allowing merchants to enter the Hall of Virtue is already a very high privilege for them.It is a good thing for Your Majesty to value business, but it should not be too much, so as not to pamper the merchants.Only then did Li Shimin dispel the idea of coming to the Xiande Hall today.Li Daozong is a member of the clan and a member of the Honglu Temple, so it is very suitable for him to preside over the bidding meeting.When the merchants saw Li Daozong, Zhao Yunze and others in purple robes entering the Hall of Xiande, they immediately got up and saluted them.Li Daozong smiled, nodded frequently and walked to the seat in the middle of the imperial stairs.Zhao Yunze and two officials sat on the left side of the imperial staircase, and another official sat on the right side.The two officials who sat with Zhao Yunze were Lu Zhuo, the chief official of the Ministry of Rites' Printing Department, and Han Kai, the chief official of the Municipal Yi Division of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.The official on the right is a director of Honglu Temple, named Chen Zhao.It is he who serves as the bidder today.On the table in front of him, there were wooden drums and hammers."
A certain is Honglu Siqing, Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng County.Everyone, a certain welcome," Li Daozong stood up and bowed to the merchants."
I've seen King Rencheng."
The businessmen bowed to Li Daozong together."
You're welcome, please sit down," Li Daozong finished speaking, and he sat down first, and the businessmen all sat down again."
Ladies and gentlemen, today's bidding meeting was held in the Xiande Hall of the East Palace, which is a business-oriented move between Your Majesty and the imperial court.I hope you can appreciate the painstaking efforts of Your Majesty and the imperial court, operate with integrity, do your duty, and contribute to the prosperity of my Datang market. ”Li Daozong said again."
We will obey the teachings of the king of the city, and we will be loyal to Your Majesty and serve the court."
The merchants replied in unison.This look has been rehearsed in advance.Li Daozong nodded and said, "I won't say much, let's cut to the chase and start today's bidding." ”After speaking, he looked at Zhao Yunze.Zhao Yunze stood up, didn't introduce himself, and said directly: "The bidding meeting is the first time that the imperial court has held it, and it is also a new thing in Datang.It is conceivable that you have already understood the method and process of the bidding meeting in advance, so let's start bidding.This morning, it was a bidding for the right to produce and sell movable type printing.I would like to invite Lord Lu Zhuo of the Ministry of Rites to introduce the bidding rules to you. ”Zhao Yunze sat down, Lu Zhuo stood up, arched his hand towards everyone, and said: "The bidding for movable type printing is based on the ten ways of the Tang Dynasty, and only one producer and marketer is selected for each way, who is responsible for the promotion, printing and sale of movable type printing in this way.There is no bid floor, and the annual book sales tax rate is used as the bidding price.The one with the higher tax rate wins.Each price increase is subject to a minimum tax rate of one cent.If you win the bid, please go to a certain place immediately to sign the winning bid.The winning tender is valid for two years.Two years later, the bid was re-tendered.Now the bidding begins. ”After Lu Zhuo sat down, bidder Chen Zhao said directly: "First way, Guan Nei Dao, everyone please bid." ”"A certain tax is seven cents."
A merchant stood up and shouted."
Nine out of nine."
Another merchant shouted."
Something."
The bidding for the production and marketing rights of movable type printing of "one into one" Datang Shidao took only half an hour to be auctioned out.The winning bidder, the five surnames and seven wangmen valve accounted for seven of the people, and the other three, the winning bidder also came from the gate valve family.A simple businessman doesn't even have a good idea.This is also normal.Although movable type printing is a new technology, after all, everyone has never seen the real thing, and there is not enough understanding of the profit of printing books with movable type printing.Moreover, these people had already learned a few days ago that the imperial court would set a fixed price limit for selling books in the future.Even with the best paper and craftsmanship, the price of the book should not be higher than 10 wen per page.Excluding the commercial tax paid to the imperial court, the profit margin is already very small.Pure businessmen are not optimistic about this business at all.Most of the people in the gate valve participated in the bidding, and most of them had the idea of increasing the fame of their clan by selling books, but they didn't really want to make much money with movable type printing.Because of this, the bids made by the winning bidders are not high.Hebei Province, which has the highest price tag, is also only a three-percent tax rate.The lowest Lingnan Road even has a tax rate of six cents.This is because Lingnan is too remote, and there are too few readers.However, half a year later, those who did not participate in the bidding for movable type printing today regret it.The speed at which that thing prints books is too fast, even if the price of books is low and the profit margin is small, it can't sell more.As a result, at the second investment promotion conference held at the end of the third year of Zhenguan, the competition of movable type printing also became hot.This is a later story, so I won't mention it for now.The bidding for movable type printing was held in the morning, and nothing else happened.The bidding for the right to produce and sell glass will be carried out tomorrow.In the afternoon, Zhao Yunze led the merchants participating in the China Merchants Association to visit his glass factory.The glass factory, which was newly built last month, is located in Zhao Yunze's Fengtian.The villagers of Zhaojiazhuang, young and strong and women with leisure, were hired by Zhao Yunze as workers in the glass factory.The director of the glass factory is Luo Yunhe.Those Taoist priests who were with Luo Yunhe became technicians and managers of the glass factory.After the businessmen visited the glass factory, their eyes were opened, and they became more enthusiastic about the production and marketing rights of glass
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